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/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "BEE" (as in "bee")/

Meaning

In Paraguay, a fool or naive person, from Guarani. One of the most common everyday words for calling someone clueless or goofy, without too much sting.

Examples

Don't play dumb, you know perfectly well what I'm talking about.

I looked like an idiot believing everything he told me.

Regional synonyms

Someone who gets easily turned on or who constantly makes everything sexual. Used across Latin America and Spain, calentón describes a person whose mind jumps to the gutter at the slightest thing, or who acts inappropriately flirty in situations that definitely do not call for it. Usually said with light teasing rather than serious offense.